• kanzure released papermonk-downloader-plosone v0.0.7, switching from cheerio to the trumpet streaming-HTML-selector library so that metadata fragments are emitted as a Node stream rather than delivered via callback, and discussed whether to auto-collect the stream for non-streaming users.  
• HummusJS, a C++ PDF-manipulation toolkit with Node.js bindings, was highlighted for its ability to parse, modify, and dynamically serve PDFs through stream interfaces; documentation links and a stray “git” file in the repo were noted.  
• paperbot successfully retrieved two pay-walled research papers on request: an SSRN working paper (ID 2309703) and an Optics Letters article (ol-38-16-2976), demonstrating continued utility for open-access literature acquisition.  
• A Science paper (science.1240889, early edition 14 Aug 2013) was also fetched, underscoring the channel’s ongoing use of automated bots to bypass publisher paywalls for transhumanist-relevant research.  
• n_bentha shared zeroshare.info, a site containing “interesting tidbits questioning living forever,” prompting brief discussion on longevity skepticism within the community.